Title :
College students´ learning styles in the computer and network-integrated foreign language learning environment
Author :
Jingbi, Zhang ; Xiuhong, Lu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Foreign Languages, Hubei Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
A survey was conducted to investigate Chinese college students´ foreign language learning styles in the computer and network-integrated language learning environment. The survey data revealed the general trend of their learning styles and the effect of learning styles on learning achievements. The results indicated that a) college students do not have significant major learning style preferences, b) learning style preferences do not lead to statistically significant higher levels of achievement, and c) gender differences in learning style preferences are relatively great. The paper discusses these findings, and concludes with suggestions for helping EFL college students learn better in the computer and network-integrated language learning environment.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; gender issues; human factors; linguistics; EFL college students; college student learning style; computer-integrated environment; gender difference; learning achievement; learning style preference; network-integrated foreign language learning environment; Computers; Educational institutions; Instruments; Materials; Multimedia communication; Visualization; Chinese college students; computer and network-integrated learning environment; foreign language learning; learning styles;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Applications (ISRA), 2012 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kuala Lumpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2205-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISRA.2012.6219206